Corn gatherer



No= 1a, 1930.

E. HASSMAN CORN GATHERER- 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed June 12. 1928 (m-vents:

/ Gwynne/134 Nov. 18, 1930' E. HASSMAN CORN GATHERER Filed June 12 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 5 u we nfoz E.J%aaman I I I u Patented Nov. 18,1930 we v nnwaan nass ani r, or F EMING, cummin 1 f ooruv en'rrrnn'nn tractive engagement ofits supporting wheels with the surface of the ground. The invention also provides-means whereby the crops during their-transfer to the wagon will be held against lateral'movement which would tend to permit them. to drop backto the ground and also includes means whereby the crop-engaging elements may be adjusted so asto obtain the proper.- engagement with the crops. The invention .is illustrated in. the accompanyingdrawings and will be hereinafter-fully set forth and particularlydefined. In the drawings: 1

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an apparatus embodying the invention Fig. 2 is a front elevatlon of the same "Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section; Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail section of a portion of the transfer wheel; Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail sectional view showing the means for bringing the fallen and spreadvcrops into the line of the pickup apparatus, and :Fig. 6 is a detailperspective view showing .one of the pick-upfingers. a y

In carrying out the invention, there is'pro- .vided a frame consisting of sills orside bars 1, at the front ends ofwhichissecured a housing 2-having an open front and having a backand top "which may convenientlybe formed in one piece of platematerial and Which is arcuate throughout its greater vertical extent, as clearly shown-inFig. 3. At the rear of the housing2, ground wheels 3 are [carried by an axle 4 which is preferablyextended through thesills 1 so asjto be sup ported thereby, and at the extreme rear end of said sills is secured a box-5 in which a 1 ings 12'arefforrnedthrough the bracket or 1925;, Serial no..2s4 ,7a5.

counter-"weightingmaterial; such as sand in- Y dicated at=6 be placed so asto CQllIltQIe balance the housing and the parts mounted a I therein and prevent theframe tipping for; wardly to dig into the. ground.' As shown housing 2 as well as the front thereof is open and at thelower edgeof the rear walloflthe housing a crossbar? is pivoted to andiex 1 tends betweenlthe sills brackets 8 being .se

forma seriesextending,entirelymess the 3 machine, and to the'front end of each bracket mostclearly ingFig. -3, thelbottom of the Cured e r d il e cross-bai-e I is secured a take-up finger 9 which-curves downwardly and forwardly. fromthe'bracket so that its front end will-run upon'thefground andengage underithe crop topartially lift the same, as the: apparatus is drawn fora totally mountedupon each side of the lion's? ing' adjacent the front thereof is an r adjust- "wardly; and direct it into the housing. Pivable lever or sustaining barlOwhich extends a H rearwardly beyond the housing and may be adjustablyyattached to an arcuate bar 11secured at its upper end-to the :housingiand at 7 its lower end to the respectively acent sill so as to serve as a brace forthe structure and also as a means for securing thelever or sustaining bar 10 in a, set position. To thus s ecure the sustaining bar,- a plurality of openbrace 11 anda pin 13 isinserted'through selected opening 12' and through an opening in the sustaining bar so that the bar-will be held in a set position in an obvious manner.

The front ends of the bars l0are pivotally attached to standards 14L which are disposed in front ofthe housing and'extend upwardly to beiattach'ed'to the frame of a conveyer'15 andthereby support the conveyeim To the, lower ends'of the standards 14,1 securea cross bar 16 which serves'as a front axle'upon I Y wagon, indicated at 19. qAt the rear of-the front axle 16, gatheringhooks 20 are p'iv convenient mannerto the rear axle of a H e to he; ba s andes ar nward y 1t and rearwardly therefrom at'the-inner sides of the wheels 17 with their ends or tips projecting forwardly toride underand lift the.-

fallen stalks and turn the same inwardly into the line of travel between the wheels 17 and dispose them in position to be engaged by the pick-up fingers, 9.. i

, Extendingthrough the housing and journaled in the sides thereof concentric with the arcuate rear wall of the same is a shaft 22 having the. transfer wheelj'secured' thereon between the sides of the housing. Upon one end of the shaft 22 is secured a'sprocket 23, and a chain 24 is trained about said sprocket and about an upper sprocket 25 secured on the end of a shaft '26 which extendsthrough the housing adjacentthe upper forward corner of the same and constitutes the driving shaft for theconveyer. A 'sprocket 27is secured upon the shaft 22 at the opposite side of the housing-and a'chain 28 is trained about said sprocket and a'sprocket securedon the rear, axle 4 so that .therotation of the rearaxle will be transmittedto the shaft 22 and thence to theshaft 26 to operate the transfer wheel and the conveyer in unison; The transfer wheel comprises plurality of pairs of 'lradial arms or spokes 29reinforced by braces 30, and plates 3lsecuredlto' and extending between the free ends of the members of each pair of spokes, the ends of the spokes being turned laterally, as at 32, for the 'attachment of saidplia'te. In each plate 31, I secure a series joftransferfin'gers :3 3 which, as the wheel is rotated, will travel close to the pick-up fingers 9, preferably in the spaces bethe fingers are firmly secured.

. The conveyer comprises one or more longitudinal chains 35 traveling above andbelow a bottom plate 36 of the conveyer frame and engaged with sprockets upon the shaft 26 {and upon a similar shaft, indicated at 37, mounted in the conveyerframe at the forward end of the same, and it will be noted upon reference to Fig. 1 that the forward end ofthe conveyer is disposed over the vehicle so that the material carried lforwardly bythe conveyer will be deposited in the vehicle. Carried by the conveyer chains are transverse bars 38 which will engage .the material deposited upon'the conveyer by the transfer 'wheel and will scrape the same over the bottom of the conveyer frame tothe forward end thereofat which the vehicle. 7

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that I have provided an ex point it will drop into ceedingly simple and inexpensive apparatusv close to therea'r wall of the housing, the result being that the crops are held within the housing to be positively and effectually engaged and supported 'by the transfer fingers untilfidelivered onto the conveyer, and the gearing is so timed that the material will be given sufiicient momentum to be. thrownforward onto the conveyer as'the' successive sets 7 of transfer fingersreach the highest point of their travel adjacent the rear end of the conveyer. j I

' Having thus described the invention, I claim':'

1. An apparatus for thepurposeset forth comprising a frame, a traveling support for the frame connected thereto between the ends thereof, ,a housing carriedby the frame'in advance of said support,"transfer mechanism mounted in the housing, and acounter-balance carried by the rear end of the frame. I i

2. An apparatus forthe purpose setforth comprising a frame, a ground wheel mounted insaid frame" between the ends thereof, a housing carried bythe'frame in advance of said wheel, transfermechanism mounted-in the housing, a box secured to the rear end of the frame, and counter-balancingmeans in said box. i f p i 3. An apparatus for the purpose set forth comprising a frame, a ground'wheel mounted in the frame between the ends thereof, a housing carriedby the frame in advance of said wheel, a counter-balance on the rear end of the frame, means for coupling the forward portion of theframe to a vehicle, and a transfer {wheel mounted concentrically in the housing and actuated from the ground wheel.

4. An apparatus for the purpose set forth comprising a frame,a wheel supporting the frame, a housing'moun'ted on the front end of the frame, ground wheelsdisposed at the front of the housing, sustaining means mounted on' the sides ofthe housing and connected with said wheels, means at the 7 rear of the housing for'locking-said sustain ing means and vertlcally adjusting the'housing, transfer -mechan1sm mounted in the housing and actuated by the wheelsupporting the frame, and means connected with the front ground wheels for connecting'the housing and the frame with a vehicle.

5. An apparatus'for the purpose set forth comprising a frame, a ground wheel supporting the frame between the ends thereof, a housing mounted on the front end of the frame in advance of said ground wheel, standards disposed in front of andspaced from the housing, ground wheels carried by the lower ends of the standards, levers fulcrumed between their ends on the sides of the housing and connected at their front ends with the standards, a conveyor supported by said standards and extending forwardly from the housing, therear end of the conveyer being mounted Within the housing at the top of the same, and transfer mechanism mounted within the housing, said mechanism and the conveyer being actuated by the wheel supporting the frame.

6. An apparatus for the purpose set forth comprising a frame, wheels supportingvthe frame, a housing carried by the front end of the frame, the front and bottom of the housing being open, pick-up fingers secured on the frame adjacent the lower edge of the back of the housing and projecting forwardly, and a transfer wheel mountedv in the housing above the frame and arranged to sweep past the pick-up fingers to carry through the housing material resting on the fingers.

7. An apparatus for the purpose set forth comprising a wheel-supported frame, a housing carried by the front end of the frame, the front and bottom of the housing being open, pick-up fingers secured onthe frame at the bottom of the rear wall of the housing and projecting forwardly to pass under fallen crops and raise the same, a transfer mechanism mounted within the housing and arranged to travel over said pick-up fingers, and gathering fingers mounted in advance of the housing and arranged to ride over the surface of the ground and having their rear ends turned inwardly whereby to engage crops and turn the same into the path of the pick-up fingers. V I

8. An apparatus for thepurpose set forth comprising a wheel-supported frame, forwardly projecting pick-up fingers secured on the frame, a housing mounted on the frame with its back wall terminating at said fingers, the front and bottom of the housing being open, and a transfer wheel journaled in the housing andprovided with transverse sets of transfer fingers arranged to travel over said pick-up fingers.

9. An apparatus for the purpose set-forth comprising a wheel-supported frame, a housing carried by the front end of the frame and having an open front and bottom, and a transfer wheel rotatably mounted in the housing above the frame and actuated by the frame-supporting wheel, said transfer wheel comprising a plurality of spokes, cross plates connecting the free ends of the spokes in pairs, and transfer fingers carried by said 7 plates.

10. An apparatus for the purpose set forth 7 ed within the frame concentric with the back of the same, and a conveyer having its rear end supported by and within the housing; I

at the upper forward corner thereof, the

conveyer extending forwardly "from the housing and being disposed to receive material 1thrown forwardly by the transfer whee In testimony whereof I alfix signature.

EDWARD HASSMAN. [L, s.] v 

